The Aces made more than just a record. They built a club, dropped the glitter, and invited everyone inside for a disco-themed hootenanny. Gold Star Baby is a neon-lit, mirrorball-spinning concept album where the line between reality and fantasy blurs somewhere between the first verse and the last call. It’s the kind of night out where you tell yourself you’ll just stop by for one drink, and suddenly it’s 2 a.m., your shoes are sticking to the floor, and you’ve fallen in love with a stranger you may or may not ever see again.
The velvet rope opens with “Welcome to Gold Star Baby,” a cheeky radio-style advertisement promising “sexy disco pop magic all through the night.” It’s campy, clever, and exactly the kind of wink The Aces have been perfecting over the last few years.
Then the party starts in earnest with “Jealous,” a December 2024 single that’s aged like the perfect bottle of something bubbly. It’s still fresh, still fizzy, and impossible to sip slowly. The hook’s closing line, “Oh, I’d be jealous if I met me too,” is guaranteed to be stuck in your head all week. From there, “The Magic” keeps the pulse going with another slice of glossy pop that keeps the beat pulsing.
By the time we hit the title track at track four, things shift a bit. The beats still shimmer, but the synths start to take center stage. It’s lush, confident, and the kind of earworm you’ll hum in line at the coffee shop the next morning. “You Got Me” follows, a swoony, synth-heavy cut with DNA reminiscent of Carly Rae Jepsen’s Dedicated era. Romantic, polished, and full of longing you can dance to.
Midway through, the record takes a playful breather with “The Girls Interlude,” a snippet of a phone call between two friends planning a night at the Gold Star Baby club. It’s pure worldbuilding and fits the theme of the album oh so well.
“She Likes Me” switches up the groove with conga-heavy percussion, a nice diversion from the straight disco pulse, while keeping the flirtation intact. Later, “Twin Flame” – a holdover from this year’s Twin Flame EP – leans into emotional intensity without killing the mood, its hook insisting, “I can’t put out our twin flame… nothing else has felt the same.”
The sequencing is deliberate: early tracks are the doors opening and the floor filling; the final stretch is the hazy late-night glow when the DJ knows you’re winding down but still wants one more spin. Closer “I’m Sweet (I’m Mean)” is a perfect last call. It’s lyrically jaded, musically irresistible, sending you out into the early morning light with the bass still thumping in your chest.
Gold Star Baby is joy in album form. The Aces have always been good at writing songs for the dance floor, but here they’ve built the entire venue around it. And when the music fades, you’re going to find yourself checking the calendar to see when this club opens again.
The Aces are going on tour, kicking off this September in New York City! Check out their fall tour dates here for ticket and locations.
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